Pie a la Mode

Tonight I made the most American thing I could think of in the food category that doesn't exist here - fresh apple pie! It actually came out really well, I was quite proud of it! Sonia and I made dinner tonight which was really fun and delicious, so between that and dessert I am quite full. All good fun though, I love apple pie so much. Tonight we are packing to leave on our Otago Rail Trail trip tomorrow, so we will be gone for 5 days biking through central Otago. Should be lots of fun. Other than that nothing too newsworthy... today was pink shirt mufti day so we all wore pink and brought $2 to support anti-bullying. That sentence seems like a bit of a contradiction but it doesn't make sense if you say it was to not support bullying... Anyway yes I think I wore pink for the first time today, at least the first time in a few years. Not really my color, you know. So yep enjoying NZ, looking forward to the holidays!

AFS Camp

April already, wow time sure goes by quickly! Last weekend I had my AFS camp, which was why I was away from the internet and facebook and my blog for a few days. We drove down on Friday (I spent Thursday night at my support coordinator Lisa's house) for 6 hours and when we finally got there we got to meet everybody for the first time. It was akward at first but also very interesting. The rest of the weekend was spent getting to know people, playing cards, staying up late and having all sorts of fun (with a bunch of orientation thrown in there, but that wasn't the enjoyable part!). It was an awesome weekend, I had SO much fun and it really made me realize why I chose to come with AFS. It was such a community and everyone got along so well, and we all had that common tie that brought us together. It was an amazing experience. I barely slept all weekend, seeing as we went to bed at 2:30 the first night, got up at 7:00, then went to bed at 4:00 the next night and got up at 8:00, so I was pretty trashed on Monday, but it was well worth it. It was almost like a giant sleepover, except with people you had only known for a day and felt like you had known much longer. To be honest there was so much that happened that I can't really write it all down for fear of leaving something out, but if you look at any photos anyone took you get a pretty good idea of what we did all weekend. I think it is safe to say everybody was feeling pretty sad as we left and realized we had to go to school the next day and couldnt stay at camp forever. This week... happened. I think I will leave it at that. Tonight though was my parent-teacher interviews and all my teachers said they loved having me in class, which was great to hear! It was also mufti day to raise money for Japan. One more day and then the weekend - then in a week we have school holidays! We are leaving a week from tomorrow to go on the Otago Rail Trail, which will be fun. Then I might spend a week at a batch up near Nelson, which I am also excited for. So yeah, had an incredible weekend, and I am looking forward to break!